Railroad as art / Howard Bahr --
Real work / Rick Bragg --
(A) late start in Mississippi / Larry Brown --
Deacon summer / Pat Conroy --
Connie May is going to win the lottery this week / Connie May Fowler --
Delivering / Tom Franklin --
When nobody listens / Tim Gautreaux --
Fumbling for the keys to the doors of perception / William Gay --
(The) underwear salesman / John Grisham --
Job experience / Winston Groom --
Why I worked at the P.O. / Silas House --
Hiding out with Holden Caulfield / Suzanne Hudson --
Tote monkey / Joshilyn Jackson --
For the good lies / Barb Johnson --
My life as a spy / Cassandra King --
(The) things we do for love / Janis Owens --
Message in a bottle / Michelle Richmond --
(A) summer at the phone farm / Clay Risen --
Refuse / George Singleton --
Faulkner's place / Matthew Teague --
My shit job / Daniel Wallace --
"What thou lovest well ..." / Brad Watson --
So, you want to play some football? / Steve Yarbrough.